Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pyramid with Circumscribed Prisms

Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pyramid with Circumscribed Prisms

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Description
This wooden model shows a triangular pyramid with three small triangular prisms emerging from one side. These form, together with the pyramid itself, three stacked triangular prisms. A paper tag on the model reads: 236.
George Wentworth, in his textbook Plane and Solid Geometry
Compare MA.304723.179, MA.304723.589 and MA.304723.662.
Reference:
George Wentworth with David E. Smith,, Plane and Solid Geometry, Boston: Ginn and Company, 1906, p. 342.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Geometric Model
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
Physical Description
wood, balsa (overall material)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 10.2 cm x 9 cm x 7.6 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 in
ID Number
MA.304723.589
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.589
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
subject
Mathematics
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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